Product Manager

Role Overview

• Own the product strategy and direction for HCM MM capabilities
• Ensure alignment with customer needs, market developments, and the wider SD Worx payroll and HR ecosystem
• Drive the evolution of Core HR and employee lifecycle capabilities, delivering measurable value for HR professionals and employees
• Balance standardisation with local regulatory and market requirements to deliver a scalable and compliant product
• Define and own the product strategy for HCM MM capabilities
• Translate market needs, customer insights, and competitive developments into clear strategic priorities
• Own key HCM capabilities across the employee lifecycle (e.g. Core HR, organisational management, absence)
• Define clear value propositions for customers (HR professionals and employees)
• Develop and maintain a strategic product roadmap that balances innovation, customer value, operational stability, standardisation of the transversal product with local market needs and commercial goals
• Translate strategic intent into clear value drivers and measurable outcomes, aligned with customer value (HR efficiency, compliance, employee experience)
• Provide strong cross‑functional leadership, ensuring alignment across Product Owners, Engineering, Design, Architecture, Tribe Leads, and commercial teams on priorities, outcomes, and strategic direction
• Champion excellence in product discovery and experimentation, enabling teams to validate hypotheses, understand customer needs, measure value, and make informed trade‑offs
• Guide prioritisation at portfolio and product levels, balancing customer value, business impact, cost–benefit, risk, and technical sustainability
• Mentor and develop Product Owners, strengthening product craft, leadership behaviours, and an outcome‑driven mindset across all product teams
• Drive standardisation of core HR capabilities while enabling controlled localisation for country-specific regulatory and market needs
• Define and evolve the role of SD Worx HR within the broader payroll, time, and ecosystem landscape, ensuring seamless integrations and a cohesive customer experience across solutions.

Requirements

• Strategic thinker with strong capability in business strategy, customer research, market analysis, and financial modelling
• Deep understanding of digital product development, data‑driven optimization, and the use of AI‑enhanced insights in strategic decision‑making
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align executives, engineering, design, and business stakeholders around a shared direction
• Experience with outcome‑based roadmaps, hypothesis‑driven discovery, and portfolio‑level alignment across multiple Squads or product areas
• High proficiency in analytics, metrics, experimentation, and insights generation to guide product evolution and prioritize effectively
• Ability to translate long‑term strategy into clear value drivers, measurable outcomes, and success criteria for Product Owners and Squads
• Strong understanding of quality, legal, regulatory, and security standards to ensure scalable and sustainable product direction
• Proven capability in coaching and developing Product Owners, fostering a culture of discovery, experimentation, and continuous learning
• Proficiency in AI‑enhanced analysis, insight generation, and decision‑support concepts
• Proven experience working in multi-country product environments, balancing standardisation with localisation
• Strong understanding of platform-based product development, APIs, and ecosystem integrations
• Professional knowledge of English, knowledge of Swedish is nice-to-have.

Benefits

• Flexible working : Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• Learning and development : Access to training and individual development plans
• Career growth : Opportunities to develop expertise or broaden your career
• Collaborative culture : A European organisation working together across locations